CoreWeave (CRWV.O) premarket decline widened to as much as 11%.

Reports: air traffic and flight operations at Riyadh and Dammam airports in Saudi Arabia have been fully suspended; domestic flights across Saudi Arabia remain disrupted.

A leadership meeting for the 2025 Fintech Development Award was held in Beijing. PBOC Deputy Governor Zou Lan and CSRC Vice Chairman Liu Haoling attended. They called for stepped-up fintech investment and innovation, advancement of domestically controllable technology toward being "fully usable" and "more stable and higher-quality," and overall improvement in the financial sector’s digital intelligence. The meeting urged exploration of AI applications in financial management and services while guarding against model-related risks and maintaining a security baseline. It also prioritized strengthening data infrastructure and tech governance, and said the award should play a demonstration role to better support risk prevention, stronger supervision and high-quality growth.